Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26
NEWS IN GENERAL.
DOMESTIC.


A letter received at Portland by Rev. FIR.
p. F. Healy, from his brother Capt Healy,
OF the revenue steamer Bear, announces that
he had beached his vessel constructed a
coffer-dam, found the leak, replaced the cop
per, and gone on his northern voyage The
rumor Of the loss Of the Bear is, therefore,
eontradicted by the captains own report
A special from Chatsworth, ILL.,, says: The
coroners jury investigating the cause Of the
ChatSworth railway disaster have agreed on
q verdict which holds Timothy Coughlin,
foreman of section z to the grand jury, and
negatively exonerHtes the company. The
management is not censured for running
double header, for a lax system of track in
Spectlon or for anything else. The verdict
simply implies that the failure to patrol the
track for six hours before the train came, and
the hablt of burning grass close to the track
tor SIX hours before the train came, and the
baolt OF burning grass close to the track are
subjects for criticism. The three or four
friends of the road on the jury had better
staying qualities than the two or three of
those who wanted TO fix portion of the
blame on the management.
The falling of an elevator in G. Seidenberg
q Co. s building in New York City, resulted
IN the death of one woman, the injuring
. fatally of boy, and slight injuries to about
dozen girls. About 10 female hands were
aboard When the elevator got to the third
hoor itbegan to descend. All efforts to stop
1t were unavailing. The safety catches
failed to work. The passengers became
frightened and jostled one another The car
increased its speed and crashed to the base
ment. Several of the passengers had tainted.
Mrs. James Lynch, aged So years, was dead,
and the body was frightfully mangled 1t
was found that ONeil, the elevator boy had
sustained fracture of the spine. He will
die From all that can be ascertained, it is
an accident pure and simple. The elevator,
4ol l,,,+
week ago, and pronounced all right. The
accident is due TO the breaking of the pinion
wheel which controlled the drum on which
the cable Winds After the accident, the
Messrs Seidenberg granted a holiday to all
the girls employed by them Most Of them
were greatly shocked.
Fears are expressed that the United States
cutter Bear is lost.
The cause of the accident oil the Baltimore
q Ohio railroad at Washington was the high
rate OF speed with which trains enter the
city,
A collision occurred on the Baltimore g.
ONO railroad by one east-bound freight train
running into the rear of another freight train,
by which II cars were wrecked. A train of
colored excuisionists from Harper's Ferry
were detained on the track over night. The
engineer and conductor of one of the trains
were severely, and it is thought fatally in
lured. The flremen are also probably fatally
hurt.
Master Plumber Thomas Cochran of New
York has caused the arrest of Walking Del
agate Edward Farrell, in a civil suit to re-
cover 500 damages, alleged to have been
suffered by Cochran by reason of Farrell's
compelling him to pay $500 to the Journey
men Plumbers Association, to discharge his
Son-un1on men and to employ union men on
q job last winter under penalty of boycott.
Ems Is the first suit of the kind that has been
brought, and it is considered important as a
test case
~ The new North German Lloyd's steamer
lraVe, from Bremen, met with serious ac-
Sldent while making her pier in New York.
There was tug alongside the ship, when
suddenly her bow swung around and crashed
INTO the lower portion of the pier, tearing
away the roof A portion of the shed fell
upon the bow of tho ship, striking several of
the steerage passengers and two or three of
the crew. A panic ensued on board the ship.
and the officers had great difficulty in restor-
ing order
Atty. Gen. Sherman has brought suit by
information, in the supreme court, against
the Revere Copper Company of Canton,
Mass, to restrain that corporation from
drawing down the watersO of Lake Massapoag
IN Sharon. The suit is brought upon com
plant of citizens of Sharon, who object to
Che lowering of the water of the lake, which
Is Sharon's greatest attraction.
Citizens in the southwestern part Of In
diana are again appealing to the Governor
Tor protection from the White Caps, or Regu-
lators Orange, Dubois and Crawford coun-
ties are terrorized by the band, which, upon
the pretence of Furnishing violators of the
law, goes on plundering and marauding
trips nearly every night
Trade dollars will not be redeemed after
Sept g.
President Cleveland has received 50 invita-
lions to visit cities South and West during his
October tour.
Increased excitement in Colorado over the
Indian war is reported; people are fleeing for
safety.
Twelve thousand dollars worth of stolen
Jewelry have been found buried near Il bur-
glars house in Jersey City, N. j.
An Indiana farmers wife was taken for a
burglar and shot in her sleep by her son.
Express Messenger Bennett has been ar
rested on suspicion Of being implicated in the
express robbery of $4,000, which was in
transit from Omaha to Butte.
On account of having already exceeded its
legal limit, Cornell University loses 81, 000-
OOO bequeathed to it,
Gen. Fairchild says the recent opposition to
the G. A. R. helps its growth lie reports
1900 increase during the last quarter.
The fight of c. e. Bartlett of the Sumter
Is. c. National Bank, defaulter to the ex-
tent Of $4,000, is reported
Philadelphia forgcr, about to commit
suicide, read tract, and gave himself up To
tho DOlinn incteo1